Slovak Prime Minister Fico Travels to Moscow

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico departed for Moscow aboard a government aircraft, according to flight tracking data. The government plane flew over the Czech Republic and Germany before continuing toward Russia, and was later tracked over St. Petersburg as it approached its destination. Fico leads a coalition government that includes his social-democratic Smer-SD party and has previously expressed more sympathetic positions toward Russia compared to Slovakia's previous administrations, making this Moscow visit potentially significant for the country's foreign policy direction amid ongoing tensions between Russia and the European Union.